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ὠκύπτερος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ὠκύπτερος ὠκύπτερον

Structure: ὠκυπτερ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: ptero/n

Sense

  1. swift-winged
  2. the long quill-feathers in a wing

Declension

First/Second declension
M/F Neuter
SingularNominative ὠκύπτερος ὠκύπτερον
Genitive ὠκυπτέρου ὠκυπτέρου
Dative ὠκυπτέρῳ ὠκυπτέρῳ
Accusative ὠκύπτερον ὠκύπτερον
Vocative ὠκύπτερε ὠκύπτερον
DualN/A/V ὠκυπτέρω ὠκυπτέρω
G/D ὠκυπτέροιν ὠκυπτέροιν
PluralNominative ὠκύπτεροι ὠκύπτερα
Genitive ὠκυπτέρων ὠκυπτέρων
Dative ὠκυπτέροις ὠκυπτέροις
Accusative ὠκυπτέρους ὠκύπτερα
Vocative ὠκύπτεροι ὠκύπτερα
Positive Comparative Superlative
Adjective ὠκύπτερος ὠκυπτέρου ὠκυπτερότερος ὠκυπτεροτέρου ὠκυπτερότατος ὠκυπτεροτάτου
Adverb ὠκυπτέρως ὠκυπτερότερον ὠκυπτερότατα

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • αὐτὸσ δ’ ὥσ τ’ ἴρηξ ὠκύπτεροσ ὦρτο πέτεσθαι, ὅσ ῥά τ’ ἀπ’ αἰγίλιποσ πέτρησ περιμήκεοσ ἀρθεὶσ ὁρμήσῃ πεδίοιο διώκειν ὄρνεον ἄλλο, ὣσ ἀπὸ τῶν ἠί̈ξε Ποσειδάων ἐνοσίχθων. (Homer, Iliad, Book 13 9:2)

Synonyms

  1. swift-winged

  2. the long quill-feathers in a wing

Related

Similar forms

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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